TATUAJE

Pepe is asked by a client to find out who the man with no face fished from sea a few kilometers from Barcelona is. There is just one clue: a tattoo stating "Born to revolutionize hell!"

ANGST-RIDDEN EXECUTIVE (La Soledad del Manager)

When an old acquaintance dies under suspicious circumstances, Pepe Carvalho - a private eye with a CIA past and contacts within the Communist Party - begins his investigation.

SOUTHERN SEAS (Los mares del Sur)

The body of Stuart Pedrell, a powerful businessman, is found in a Barcelona suburb. He had disappeared on his way to Polynesia in search of the visionary spirit of Paul Gaugin. The trail for his killer unearths a world of disillusioned lefties, graphic sex and nouvelle cuisine.

MURDER IN THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE (Asesinato en el Comité Central)

This lights go out during a meeting of the Central Committee of the Spanish Communist Party - Fernando Garrido, the general secretary, has been murdered. Pepe Carvalho, who has worked for the Party and the CIA, is sent to inhospitable Madrid to track down the murderer.

LOS PÁJAROS DE BANGKOK

Carvalho is in Thailand trying to save a friend of his. She has had an affair with a diamond trafficker guilty of having "upset" a band of Chinese crooks. Pepe also has his problems with the local police.

LA ROSA DE ALEJANDRÍA

Encarnacion, a cousin of Charo, Pepe's lover, is found dead in Barcelona. At the same time Gines Larios escapes from Trinidad on the cargo ship The Rose of Alexandria.

EL BALNEARIO

Carvalho has eaten and drunk way too much. His doctor sends him to a thermal station to clean out his insides. But here he is forced to investigate quite a number of murders.

HISTORIAS DE FANTASMAS

Despite his famous pragmatism Pepe Carvalho is involved in a number of mysterious ghost stories. Young women appearing and disappearing, ghost ships and characters that are not who they seem to be.

HISTORIAS DE PADRES E HIJOS

TRES HISTORIAS DE AMOR

HISTORIAS DE POLÍTICA FICCIÓN

The recent Spanish democracy is in danger. A coup is being organized by the military. Pepe Carvalho finds himself involved.

ASESINATO EN PRADO DEL REY Y OTRAS HISTORIAS SÓRDIDAS

The murder leaves the TV Spanish studio leaving violets on a corpse with a shattered skull. The victim was a famous Basque movie producer of the 1950s. Carvalho is called to investigate.

OFF SIDE (El delantero centro fue asesinado al atardecer)

To revive its fortunes, Barcelona FC has taken on Jack Mortimer, European Footballer of the Year, but no sooner has he arrived than the death threats start to come. Pepe Carvalho is thinking of retirement, but the need to save the soul of his beloved Barcelona forces him to take on the case.

OLYMPIC DEATH (El laberinto griego)

The Barcelona detective Pepe Carvalho has been hired by a beautiful French woman and a mysterious man involved in the planning of the 1992 Olympic Games. Into his life comes danger and puzzling clues in the form of murdered Greeks, Arab criminals and a sadistic, anonymous killer.

SABOTAJE OLÍMPICO

EL HERMANO PEQUEÑO

Eight different short stories with one thing in common: Pepe Carvalho.

EL PREMIO

Pepe Carvalho, after many years goes back to Madrid. This however he does not have to solve a case but look after the guests of a literary award. The situation soon changes.

QUINTETTO DE BUENOS AIRES

Pepe Carvalho is on a trip across the ocean. His Uncle asks him to find his son Raul who has voluntarily disappeared after the downfall of the military regime. Many problems await him.

EL HOMBRE DE MI VIDA

A few months before the end of the millenium Carvalho lives a story of love, espionage and death.

EL ESTRANGULADOR

The story of the Boston strangler: his murders, his game with the psychiatrists, his women, his home town. Where does one draw the line between truth and fiction?